Malaysia #6473 (v.2)
Base data
- Notified in
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G/MA/QR/N/MYS/3 24/10/2023
- Version validity
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24/10/2023 -
present
Current active version v.2
- Reporting member
- Malaysia
- In force from
- End date
- In force
- General description
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Control of Import of Scheduled Wastes (Toxic And Hazardous Wastes)
- National legal basis
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Environmental Quality Act 1974 [Act 127]
Customs (Prohibition of Imports) Order 2017 - Administrative mechanism
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Administered by Department of Environment (DOE), Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES).
- Responsible entities
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Department of Environment, Ministry of Environment and Water
- HS version
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HS 2022
- Referenced WTO document symbol
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G/LIC/N/3/MYS/14
Meta data
- WTO justifications
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XX:(b) - (b) necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health;
GATT 1994 (GATT 1947 provisions)
Reported as: Article XX(b) of the GATT - Non-WTO commitments
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Basel Convention
Reported as: Basel Convention for the Control of Trans-boundary Movements of Hazardous Waste and their Disposal - Affected partners
- Non-affected partners
Measures
- Reported restrictions
- NAL
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NAL
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Tariff lines
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Various scheduled wastes as defined in the Environmental Quality (Scheduled Wastes) Regulations 2005 and the Customs (Prohibition of Imports) Order 2017
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Toxic and/or hazardous wastes
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